1&1 Launches Six Months Free New Year Hosting Offer

Philadelphia, PA,  - 1&1 Internet Inc., www.1and1.com, a global leader among web hosts, today announced a six months free hosting offer to support business endeavors in the New Year.  This substantial offer is intended to encourage small- and medium-sized companies to launch a new or re-energized web presence and eCommerce initiatives, thus increasing revenues and their web visibility in 2011.

Throughout January and February, 1&1 is offering six months free on all shared web hosting packages from the Home package and up, based on a new 12 month contract.  Customers only pay for only the second six month period.  A low one-time setup fee applies, which is $4.99 for the Home package and $9.99 for the Business and Developer packages.  1&1 shared web hosting includes everything needed for a successful web project - generous quotas of web space, free included domains, search engine submission, 1&1 WebsiteBuilder, multiple email accounts and unlimited website traffic.

For example, the 1&1 Home package, free for the first six months (and then $6.99 per month), includes 1&1 WebsiteBuilder, 150 GB web space, two free domains, free Online Office software suite, and eZShop.  The Business package is also included in the offer (and then $9.99 per month), and comes with three free domains and more advanced web building tools including 50 MySQL databases, e-mail marketing tool and Version Control Management (git).  

In order to help small businesses benefit from the boom in mobile internet surfing, 1&1 currently offers its hosting packages with free professional mobile web design software.  Depending on the chosen package, new customers receive full versions of either NetObjects Fusion 1&1 Edition or Adobe Dreamweaver CS4, (both for Windows OS).  Both solutions allow easy creation of a website optimized for mobile viewing.  According to 1&1’s recent ‘SMB Mobile Website Audit’ of 818 small- to medium-sized businesses, 53 percent have never checked the appearance or functionality of their website for Smartphone users.  Of the companies that have, 43 percent admit their website had both a reduced appearance and functionality. 1&1’s software offer is an ideal way for SMBs to engage with mobile consumers and capture new sales revenue.

1&1 also extends its six months free offer to all 1&1 eShop solutions.  1&1 eShops provide a powerful, template-driven eCommerce platform that enables any level of user to create a fully functional, consumer-friendly online store within minutes.  1&1 eShops are priced from $9.99/month, with a 12-month minimum contract term.  A low one-time setup fee of $9.99 applies.  1&1 eShops support up to 20,000 product items and include powerful features such as eBay Integration, Downloadable Items, the 1&1 Coupon Code tool and the 1&1 Ad Efficiency Monitor.  The packages are an ideal way for small companies to start or grow their eCommerce activities in a cost-effective, easily scalable fashion.

1&1 Internet Inc. is well placed to deliver high-quality services to business and private users alike, with a wide range of web-based solutions to maximize their IT resources.  1&1 serves approximately 9.5 million customers worldwide and manages over 11 million domain names.  1&1’s products include domain names, sector-specific web building tools, shared web hosting, dedicated and virtual servers, Software-as-a-Service, business class e-mail and eCommerce solutions, and cloud server solutions.

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About 1&1 Internet Inc.:

1&1 Internet Inc. is a subsidiary of United Internet, a profitable public company with a market cap of $3 billion. 1&1 was founded in 1988 and hosts more than 11 million domain names, while more than 70,000 servers run in the company’s five state-of-the-art data centers. 1&1’s global community is approximately 9.5 million customer contracts strong. The company’s U.S. headquarters is located in Chesterbrook, Pa. For more information, please contact the company at www.1and1.com or 1-877-GO-1AND1 or on Twitter @1and1.